Education

Here are just some of the ways Ausable Bayfield Conservation can create awareness about soil, water, and living things, according to the Conservation Strategy developed by the community: 

Educate

• People about safety around high water in the springtime
• Landowners and watershed residents about planting of native trees, shrubs and grasses
• Young people through programs such as the Sylvan Conservation Program

Promote

• Positive actions that are working
• Good forestry practices to landowners, municipalities
• Well and septic improvements, fencing projects, runoff and erosion control, windbreaks, manure storage
• Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation and programs like Commemorative Woods
• Ethical practices for fishing and for hunting on permitted lands
• Alternatives to harmful chemicals

Encourage

• Best management practices to preserve soil, improve water and air quality, preserve water quantity, increase habitat, protect species-at-risk, and mitigate and adapt to changes in our local climate
• Proper disposal of hazardous wastes such as batteries, paints, and chemicals
• Reduced use of harmful chemicals
• Positive individual actions through stewardship guides for farm, shoreline, and rural non-farm residents
• Protection of Lake Huron-Georgian Bay Watershed and support for the Great Lakes Charter
• Responsible actions on conservation lands, such as using off-road vehicles only in permitted areas